british
IPA: brˈɪtɪʃ
Root Word: British
noun
- The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain.
- The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
- (history) The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain before the Anglo-Saxon invasion.
- The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic.
- (obsolete) Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people.
- (chiefly US) The British English language.
adjective
- Of Britain.
- Of the United Kingdom.
- Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
- (historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
- (historical) Of the British Isles.
- Of British English.
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